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Are these sentences correct?

Are these questions correct?Could you please point out the mistake and write to me how I can redress the mistake.
Q1.Write a diary entry describing how you had fun at Jungle Land.
or
Enter into your diary the fun you had at Jungle Land.

Q2.Write a telegram to your parents informing them about your canceling of your visit to your house due to pre-ponation of final exams.Q3.Turn the following into direct and indirect speech. orChange the speech of the following sentences.Q4.Rewrite the sentences replacing the underlined words with better ones.

Are these sentences correct?1.Building a ________ of drawers is surprisingly easy.2. I saw a _______ of herring swimming in the water.3. A _______ of chickens entered into my house.4. A _______ of fire burnt the shop.5. A ________ of rags were on the table.6.I bought a ________ of fruits from the market yesterday.

Re: Are these sentences correct?

Originally Posted by samfat33

Are these questions correct? Could you please point out the mistake and write to me how I can redress the mistake.
Q1.Write a diary entry describing how you had fun at Jungle Land.
or
Enter into your diary the fun you had at Jungle Land.

Write a diary entry describing the fun you had at Jungle Land.

Q2.Write a telegram to your parents informing them about your canceling of your visit to theirhouse due to pre-ponation of your final exams.Do you mean "the postponement"?

Q3.Turn the following into direct and indirect speech. I would go with this one. or Change the speech of the following sentences.

Q4.Rewrite the sentences, replacing the underlined words with better ones.

Are these sentences correct?
1.Building a ________ of drawers is surprisingly easy.2. I saw a _______ of herring swimming in the water.3. A _______ of chickens entered my house. You do not need "into" with "enter".4. A _______ of fire burnt the shop.???5. A ________ of rags were on the table. Watch your verb - is the missing word to be a plural word or a singular word?6.I bought a ________ of fruits from the market yesterday.Generally "fruit" is bought.

Re: Are these sentences correct?

Are these sentences correct?1.Building a chest of drawers is surprisingly easy.2. I saw a shoal of herring swimming in the water.3. A brood of chickens entered my house.4. A hail of fire burnt the shop.5. A stack of rags were on the table.6.I bought a crate of fruits from the market yesterday.

Re: Are these sentences correct?

Originally Posted by samfat33

Are these sentences correct?1.Building a chest of drawers is surprisingly easy. 2. I saw a shoal of herring swimming in the water.3. A brood of chickens entered my house. "flock of chickens"4. A hail of fire burnt the shop. "A rain of fire" - but this is an unusual concept - it implies that the fire was coming from outside the building.5. A stack of rags were on the table. One stack = singular noun = singular verb6.I bought a crate of fruits from the market yesterday. "crate of fruit"